The selection is based on data tracking each player’s average rating over the course of the season so far and excludes those currently sidelined through injury. Arsenal boast the three highest-rated players in the lineup by average rating, as well as the lowest-rated star. Using Sofascore data, Daily Mail Sport takes a look...As Arsenal and Chelsea prepare to do battle which of their players make the combined XI? His Premier League stats back up his status too, with Saka the third-highest scored player in the combined XI. That being said, he has scored a not-to-be-sniffed-at six Premier League goals this season, and continues to look a hungry presence among the west Londoners' ranks.

Source: Daily Mail January 14, 2026 20:26 UTC